William Strunk and E.B. White
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
Write with nouns and verbs, not with adjectives and adverbs. The adjective hasn't been built that can pull a weak or inaccurate noun out of a tight place.
—William Strunk and E.B. White, The Elements of Style
Posted on June 8, 2000 at 7:08 PM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
The language is perpetually in flux: it is a living stream, shifting, changing, receiving new strength from a thousand tributaries, losing old forms in the backwaters of time.
—William Strunk and E.B. White, The Elements of Style
Posted on February 14, 2003 at 10:05 PM
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